Muslim Delegates Meet with Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue

(05 Mar 08 -RV) A Delegation of the Signatories of the Open Letter, “A Common Word”, addressed to Pope Benedict XVI and signed by 138 Muslim intellectual, political and cultural leaders concluded a two-day meeting with a Delegation representing the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue today at the Vatican.


A joint communiqué from the participants said in order to further develop Catholic-Muslim dialogue, the participants agreed to establish “The Catholic-Muslim Forum” and to organize the first Seminar of the Forum in Rome from 4 to 6 November 2008.
 At a Press Conference this afternoon in Rome, one of the Muslim Delegates, Dr. Aref Ali Nayed said the meeting, though primarily technical, nevertheless achieved some important results: